Jellyfin is an open source self hosted media server. Versions prior to 10.11.7 contain a vulnerability chain in the subtitle upload endpoint (POST /Videos/{itemId}/Subtitles), where the Format field is not validated, allowing path traversal via the file extension and enabling arbitrary file write. This arbitrary file write can be chained into arbitrary file read via .strm files, database extraction, admin privilege escalation, and ultimately remote code execution as root via ld.so.preload. Exploitation requires an administrator account or a user that has been explicitly granted the "Upload Subtitles" permission. This issue has been fixed in version 10.11.7. If users are unable to upgrade immediately, they can grant non-administrator users Subtitle upload permissions to reduce attack surface.
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| Description | Jellyfin is an open source self hosted media server. Versions prior to 10.11.7 contain a vulnerability chain in the subtitle upload endpoint (POST /Videos/{itemId}/Subtitles), where the Format field is not validated, allowing path traversal via the file extension and enabling arbitrary file write. This arbitrary file write can be chained into arbitrary file read via .strm files, database extraction, admin privilege escalation, and ultimately remote code execution as root via ld.so.preload. Exploitation requires an administrator account or a user that has been explicitly granted the "Upload Subtitles" permission. This issue has been fixed in version 10.11.7. If users are unable to upgrade immediately, they can grant non-administrator users Subtitle upload permissions to reduce attack surface. | |
| Title | Jellyfin: Potential RCE via subtitle upload path traversal + .strm chain | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-187 CWE-20 CWE-22 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-04-14T22:18:30.565Z
Updated: 2026-04-16T13:56:06.801Z
Reserved: 2026-03-31T21:06:06.427Z
Link: CVE-2026-35031
Updated: 2026-04-16T13:55:58.246Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-14T23:16:28.490
Modified: 2026-04-14T23:16:28.490
Link: CVE-2026-35031
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